Astronauts Are Not New

ACCP Presents:
Astronauts Are Not New: Trans-Pacific Migration, Asian Transnational Business Networks, and their Historical Impact

A Speech by:
Dr. Henry Yu, Associate Professor, Department of History, UBC

May is Canada's Asian Heritage Month. To echo this festivity, ACCP will be hosting a Professional Development Dinner on May 4th, featuring guest speaker Dr. Henry Yu, Associate Professor with UBC Department of History, who will give a very interesting speech on astronaut immigrants and their impacts. The buffet-style barbecue dinner (see menu below) will be held at the University Golf Club and will be an informative, interesting and fun evening. Come early and stroll around the beautiful spring gardens at the Golf Club and get acquainted with your fellow ACCP members and friends during the cocktail reception. Members and guests are welcome. RSVP by April 27th at reservation@accp.ca.

Date: Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

Time: Cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m.

Venue: University Golf Club, 5185 University Blvd., Vancouver (604.224.7799)

Cost: $46 per person, cash or cheque payable to "ACCP (B.C.)"

Attire: Business Casual

Reservation: Email reservation@accp.ca by April 27th and state the number of seats required, your name and your contact number. We will reply to confirm your reservation

Info: www.accp.ca

Zenobia

DIG YOUR ROOTS - Electronic Dance
CD Release Party & Live Broadcast
http://www.earshot-online.com/FEATURES/2004/April/DYR-Zenobia.cfm

Saturday, April 24th
Video In Studios (1965 Main Street), Vancouver

All ages!! FUN!
BRING YOUR FAMILY! FRIENDS, KIDS!
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!!
early show
doors at 5pm
only $5
first 25 people receive a FREE Dig Your Roots CD!

Featuring new music from EAST COAST DISASTER COMPLEX
and live performances BY:BIG PHAT McNASTY
UNITED ELECTROSOUL UNDERGROUND f/ZENOBIA SALIK

Wicked DJs!
Live Electronica!
A cupcake bar (brought to you by Le Robo)!!!
This is the fifth show in a series across Canada from April 16 - April 24, 2004
featuring all-Canadian Electronic Dance music artists from the Dig Your Roots CD compilation. The shows are all broadcast
live from 6-8pm on campus and community radio stations nationwide. In the Lower Mainland, tune in on CiTR 101.9FM and CJSF 90.1FM.

For info on the broadcasts, participating stations, and upcoming
compilations, check out http://www.DigYourroots.ca

www.zenobiasalik.com
cd's available at VIRGIN RECORDS

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

The 8th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
November 24-28, 2004

CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE NOW! Early deadline May 1. Final deadline June 1.

For more information about the festival please visit our website at
www.reelasian.com

16th Annual City of Vancouver Book Award

The City of Vancouver invites publishers and authors to submit entries for the 16th annual City of Vancouver Book Award.

Books of any genre that demonstrate excellence and contribute to an appreciation and understanding of Vancouver's history, unique character, or the achievements of its residents are eligible to apply for the $2,000 award. The winning book must also exhibit excellence in content, illustration, design, and/or format.

An independent panel of judges will choose the winner, and the short list of finalists will be announced in early September. The award will be presented to the winning author in October by Mayor Larry Campbell.

To be eligible, books must be published in 2003 or 2004. All entries must include: four copies of the book, a $15 submission fee, and a completed entry form.

Entry forms and guidelines are available from the Office of Cultural Affairs at #100 - 515 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver. They are also available on the City's website at www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/oca.

Submissions should be sent to: Office of Cultural Affairs, City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC,
V5Y 1V4. Deadline for entries is Wednesday, June 16, 2004.
In 2003, two books -- Heroines, with photographs by Lincoln Clarkes, and Stan Douglas: Every Building on 100 Block West Hastings by Reid Shier -- were chosen as co-winners of the award for the first time.

Other past winners include Keith Carlson for A Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas; Madeleine Thien for Simple Recipes; Lilia D'Acres and Donald Luxton for Lions Gate; Michael Kluckner for Vanishing Vancouver; Gerald Straley for Trees of Vancouver; and Wayson Choy for The Jade Peony.

The award is funded by interest from the City's Publishing Reserve Fund which was established in 1977 as a permanent legacy for writers and publishers.

For more information:
Marnie Rice
Office of Cultural Affairs
604.871.6634

International Dance Day

Vancouver Celebrates International Dance Day
April 29 (continuing to May 2) Various downtown venues

Information: 604 606 6400 www.thedancecentre.ca

http://iti.unesco.org

Take a stroll around Vancouver’s downtown on International Dance Day on April 29, and you’ll discover a world of dance. Classical East Indian, capoeira, Chinese, contemporary and flamenco are just some of the dance styles to be experienced in performances, workshops and events presented by The Dance Centre, many of them free, at venues including Vancouver Public Library, Scotiabank Dance Centre, and the Roundhouse Community Centre.

Initiated in 1982 by UNESCO, International Dance Day is marked annually on April 29 with events across Canada and around the world. The date commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), regarded as the founder of modern ballet. Each year The Dance Centre, BC’s resource centre for dance, presents events which celebrate the art form. Executive Director Mirna Zagar says, “this year we are particularly pleased to extend the events over three days, collaborating with DanceArts Vancouver to bring American community dance pioneer Liz Lerman to Vancouver for the first time, and with Asian Heritage Month to present Asian dance workshops”. Other highlights include the Isadora Awards at Crush Champagne Lounge on April 29 at 8pm, an informal celebration of artists who have made an outstanding contribution to dance in BC in the areas of teaching, choreography and performance.

Isadora Awards

Join Us For The 5th Annual Isadora Awards For Excellence in
Performance - Choreography - Teaching

Thursday April 29, 2004
Crush Champagne Lounge
1180 Granville Street, @ Davie
(next door to Scotiabank Dance Centre)

Honour artists who have made an outstanding contribution to the art of dance in BC
Hear about the new Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award
Celebrate International Dance Day April 29

Complimentary finger food, cash bar
First 100 guests (tickets) receive a free drink
Doors open 8pm - Awards presentation 8:30pm
Smooth sounds from the Crush DJ 9-10pm
Dancing to groove 'n' funk band Retrofitz 10-late

Tickets: $10 in advance $12 at the door

Available from The Dance Centre office
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Level 6, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver BC
To book tickets by telephone call
604 606 6400

www.thedancecentre.ca

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children

Join us for the final weekend of Sprockets Toronto International
Film Festival for Children, Saturday, April 24 & Sunday, April 25.
Don't miss your chance to share the magic of film with the kids in your life!

Limited tickets are still available for the following screenings:
Saturday, April 24, 2004
LITTLE LONGNOSE - 10:45AM (ages 7 and up)
A magical story about goodness, family, friendship and an enchanted
goose who turns out to be a princess.

EMMA AND DANIEL - 12:30PM (ages 9 and up)
Emma and Daniel are not thrilled to meet when their parents begin dating.
Through a series of adventures they learn to accept change in their
lives and soon become best friends.

MISA MI - 12:45PM (ages 8 and up)
Young Misa helps to protect a family of wolf cubs in this beautiful
film about friendship and the importance of protecting endangered wildlife.

Sunday, April 25, 2004
PETER BELL - 10:30AM (ages 7 and up)
The mischievous Peter Bell attempts to earn some money and turns 1930s
Rotterdam on its ear.

LET'S PLAY - 11:00AM (ages 7 and up)
A delightful collection of short films featuring children at play in
countries around the world.

BLACK MOR'S ISLAND - 11:30AM (ages 10 and up)
An animated adventure with tropical islands, fugitives, riddles,
secret letters and young love.

To find out more about these and other films at Sprockets,
or to purchase tickets, please visit the Official website at
http://www.bell.ca/sprockets
or call the Bell Infoline at 416-968-FILM. You may also visit the
Sprockets Box Office located at 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1600
(College subway station) open from 9:00AM to 5:00PM Monday to Friday
(Thursdays until 7:00PM).

All screenings take place at Famous Players Canada Square, 2190 Yonge Street
(Eglinton subway station) and are wheelchair accessible.

KnightFlight Productions

KnightFlight Productions is holding auditions for their urban musical DECIDE
launched in August, 2003.

We are hiring for two paid positions. We are looking for a male and female
actor with the following attributes:

- Age 20- 35
- Ethnically diverse
- The ability to sing

For more info on the show, please go to:
http://www.goknightflight.com/decide/index.php

Please email your photo and resume to info@goknightflight.com no later than April 28, 2004

PATTANO PRADESH

PATTANO PRADESH is a new dance interpretation of a short story by India's best-known Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. This fascinating story has been the inspiration for several dance productions, including our own, Land of Cards, which you may have seen a few years ago. Both these productions derive their inspiration from Tagore - they retain the sense of delightful fantasy that characterized the original story, but fundamentally alter, adapt and extends it. In plot development, characterization, dance style, music and choreographic structure, PATTANO PRADESH emerges as a totally new and original production.

PATTANO PRADESH explores the themes of freedom and breaking down barriers in a society divided into rigid social groupings which are characterized by five of India's classical dance forms: Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Manipuri and Kathak. It illustrates the transformation of the personal lives of the central characters and the collective transformation of a whole society - symbolized by the integration of dance styles into one common vocabulary.

Presented as part of the Toronto's prestigious Harbourfront Dance Series, PATTANO PRADESH, is sure to be widely attended.
For further information on the Harbourfront production of Pattano Padesh, school shows or our six city tour of Southern Ontario, please visit our website at www.menakathakkardance.org

Gary Chan & Co. Improv

Announcing the Fantastical, Magical, Hugely Gigantical
and Most Understandable Improv Show.

Great comedy improv covering the gamut of Improvisational
entertainment. From the wonderfulicious improv games to
stereophonical epics to the superpendusal Harold.

With special effects and the possible appearance of a Wizard.

Featuring the improv talents of...

Craig "Boomer" Monk, Dave "The Biscuit" Hodges,
Gary "Does Crafts With Lions" Chan, Glenn "Bosley" Gabriel,
Matt "Sordid Past" Wolodarsky, Melissa "Cheese Please" Selig,
Michael "Nickname" Brophy, Paul "The Parambulator" Mota,
Rob "Steal" Mason, Sarah "Slappy" Winter,
Tony "Lemon Scented Pledge" Nunno

Come one and all to this event and most the most Beautanical
aspect is that it's free. Free. Free.

Sunday April 25 at 7:30 The Bad Dog Theatre
Barry Wilson's Thursday Group with musical guest Jeff Santos

International Screenwriting Awards

Feature Films, Shorts & TV Pilots
NINE CATEGORIES
Over $25,000 in CASH & PRIZES!!!

Judged by top Hollywood producers, agents, and creative execs
from Sony, Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, HBO and CBS,
the 2004 International Screenwriting competition offers all
entrants the rare opportunity to get a ìfoot in the doorî and
have their work read by industry professionals currently in
search of new talent.

FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: Saturday, May 1st

WINNERS ANNOUNCED JULY 2004!!!
Enter instantly online at:
http://www.InternationalScreenwritingAwards.com

Writer's Digest 73rd Annual Writing Competition

More than $30,000 in prizes!

Enter the Writer's Digest 73rd Annual Writing Competition for
your chance to win the Grand Prize: $2,500 and a trip to either
New York City to meet with editors and agents, or a trip to the
2005 Maui Writer's Conference!

More than $30,000 in prizes will be awarded in 10 categories,
with one Grand Prize-winner chosen from all entries. The first
through tenth-place winners in each of the categories will win
cash and merchandise prizes, and there are 1,001 winners in all.

Entry Deadline: May 15, 2004.

Compete and Win in 10 Categories:
- Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious)
- Article: Memoirs/Personal Essay
- Article: Magazine Feature Article
- Short Story: Genre
- Short Story: Mainstream/Literary
- Poetry: Rhyming
- Poetry: Non-Rhyming
- Script: Stage Play (* submission by mail only)
- Script: Television/Movie Script (* submission by mail only)
- Children's Fiction

For more information, visit us online at
http://www.writersdigest.com/specialoffers.asp?AWDE

Freelance Search

The National Film Board of Canada is conducting a
search for freelancers across the country. Individuals with a variety
of experience in film, marketing, and cultural industries are being sought.

Details of the search are posted in French and English on the NFB jobs
website, which is where individuals can submit their CV and cover letter.

See http://www.nfb.ca/e/jobs.html for English and http://www.nfb.ca/f/emploi.html for French.

Leonard Schwartz and Zhang Er

Reading - 24 April 8pm

"Robert Duncan's emphasis, that 'responsibility is the ability to
respond,' is honored with a consistent clarity. Leonard Schwartz
exercises a remarkable intelligence in raising the very old and
inevitable questions. Here is the act of reading and writing in its
most productive state.
- Robert Creeley

Talk: 25 April 2pm

The Voice of The Poem: The Presence of the Other in the Age of Bush"

Professor of Literary Arts at The Evergreen State College, Leonard
Schwartz is the author of several collections of poetry, including his
latest, The Tower of Diverse Shores (Talisman House, 2003), Words
Before
The Articulate: New and Selected Poems, (Talisman House), Gnostic
Blessing (Goats and Compasses), Meditation (Cloud House). In 1997 he
received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Originally from Beijing, Zhang Er has published work in translation in
many American journals, including The Five Fingers Review, Talisman,
River City, First Intensity, Tinfish, The World and Poetry New York.
The full length collection of her work, Seen, Unseen, was published by
QingHai publishing house of China in 1999.

http://www.kswnet.org/

Kiran Ahluwalia

Music with Bite: Family Sunday Concerts
Kiran Ahluwalia: Ghazals

Bring the family to hear the final concert of the season with Juno award winner Kiran Ahluwalia as she reveals the beauty, power and emotion of traditional and original Punjabi folk songs and ghazals (songs of love).

Join us for prize giveaways, cookies and a Natrel milk beverage after the performance.

May 9, 1pm
Brigantine Room
$8 / $25 Family 4-Pack
For tickets and info: 416 973-4000

Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario

MAYA Theatre

MAYA Theatre Presents: BEYOND THE BINDI!
Sunday May 16th @ Lula Lounge
(1585 Dundas St. W, Toronto)
Raoul Bhaneja (lead vocals behind "Raoul & the Big Time" and star of Global Television's "Train 48") hosts an eclectic mix of some of Toronto's finest South Asian talent. Featuring classical and fusion music, dance, comedy and more. Raffles, Silent / Live Auction and Free Food!

WHEN: Sunday May 16
LOCATION: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. Toronto
TIME: Doors and Silent Auction open at 7pm,
Show begins at 8pm
TICKETS: $12 in advance; $15 at the door
For more info or for advance tickets please contact mayatheatre@hotmail.com

MAYA Theatre is a not for profit theatre company which is dedicated to showcasing talent from the South Asian Diaspora. All proceeds from this event will go towards the Youth Drama Showcase offered every summer to young students and to the fall production of "Four Chapters" by Rabindranath Tagore.

Anna May Wong

Rediscovering Anna May Wong
at Pacific Cinémathèque, May 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

"I think I left Hollywood because I died so often"
Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong was Hollywood's first, and remains to this day its only Asian American screen goddess, appearing in more than 50 films and gaining international fame and popularity. In a career that spanned silents, talkies and early television, Anna May Wong worked alongside some of the biggest names of the time, including Douglas Fairbanks and Marlene Dietrich, and appeared in landmark films such as Technicolor's pioneering The Toll of the Sea. But for all her success, her career is also remembered for the restrictions and frustrations imposed by social and Hollywood racism.

Rediscovering Anna May Wong is presented by Pacific Cinémathèque in cooperation with the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society as part of the explorASIAN Asian Heritage Month.

Media Contact
Jamie Hall
Communications Manager
Pacific Cinémathèque
604 688 8202 x222
jamie.hall@cinematheque.bc.ca

Hiromi Goto

Join Hiromi Goto at the Toronto Booklaunch of her new book, "Hopeful Monsters"
Wednesday, April 21, 7pm
sPaHa Restaurant, 66 Harbord St.
Free admission
Wheelchair accessible
Refreshments will be served

Hiromi will be joined on stage by Tamai Kobayashi. They will both be introduced by Kyo McLear.

Symposium on Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Cultural Expression

Co-presented by Creators' Rights Alliance (CRA) and Native Women in the Arts (NWIA)

Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Toronto, 0 Spadina Avenue (South West corner of Spadina and Bloor)

Saturday, April 24, 2004 ( 12:30 pm - 6:30 pm )

This symposium will address the pressing issues of honouring traditional knowledge and cultural expression, intellectual property, and capacity-building within our communities. Everyone is welcome to participate. Please RSVP at 416-598-4078. FREE ADMISSION.

So You Want to Become a Filmmaker

http://www.getreel.ca/

INDUSTRY SESSIONS - Metro Hall, 55 John St. (at King), Room 308/309

Saturday, April 24th - 12:30pm - 2:00pm
So You Want to Become a Filmmaker: Low Budget Filmmaking for Wanna Be Playas
With the advancements of digital filmmaking, it is becoming easier for
independent filmmakers to get the film into the marketplace. Hear how some of
these independent filmmakers were able to raise their own finances and get their
film made, on a low to non-existent budget.

Panelists include:
Michael Variano - Director - Big Wigs

Angelina Millare - Director - This is a Woman's World. Angelina produced and
screened films, which have been featured in festivals and showcases around the
world. Often wearing many hats on productions of her own and on those of
others, Angelina produced "If" (2001) for a budget of $150, based on one of her
original poems, Active in the independent film community, she freely shares her
talents and information, as she enjoys helping others believe that taking an
idea from script to screen IS possible.

Michael Skolnik - Director - Hooked

Luscious Deschay - Director - Black Clouds

Metro Hall, 55 John St. (at King), Room 308/309

Admission: Free
Seats limited. RSVP by Friday April 23, 4:00 p.m
To Pre-Register please sign up at industry@getreel.ca

The Innoversity Creative Summit

The Innoversity Creative Summit (Canada's premier event on diversity in media) is looking for volunteers for the week of May 10 - 14th. We need about 3 people for May 10 & 11 (to assist at the Innoversity office at Carlaw and Queen East), and 7 people for May 12 - 14 (various locations, including the Metro Toronto Convention Centre).

If you're available and interested, please contact Debra Huebert, Volunteer Coordinator, at debra@innoversity.com. Our first volunteer meeting is this Friday at 6:30pm.

Please spread the word!


Nikisha Reyes-Grange
Business Development Manager
Innoversity
416-461-6895 x3
416-461-8970 (f)
www.innoversitysummit.com

The Images Festival of Independent Film and Video

The Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Canada's largest annual event devoted exclusively to independent and experimental film, video and new media, opens April 15 and runs through April 24 at two theatres and thirteen gallery and performance venues in downtown Toronto. From hand-tinted celluloid to digital video, performances and interactive media, the Images Festival celebrates its 17th year with a 10-day line-up featuring this year's best independent and experimental images. Audiences are given the unmissable opportunity to take in more than 100 independent films and videos, sixteen new media art installations, two web-based exhibitions and five live events.

All events at Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. unless otherwise noted

Advance Ticket and Information Line: (416) 971-6236

Program info & Ticket Order forms:
www.imagesfestival.com

World Premiere of TERRACOTTA WARRIORS during explorASIAN

The 8th Wonder of the World comes to life!

May 4 to 30, 2004

The Centre For Performing Arts
777 Homer Street, Vancouver BC

Join us at the World Premiere of TERRACOTTA WARRIORS during explorASIAN!

The second Action-Musical portrays the historical events surrounding the rule of the Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China in 221 BC. This show will feature a large cast of Chinese dancers, martial artists, and acrobats. The story, which was written, adapted, and copyrighted in 2002, portrays the fantastic events of the Qin Dynasty as a dream of the terracotta warrior tomb excavator. The haunting story of the emperor is seen through the eyes of his beloved concubine and scheming eunuch. As the most incredible Chinese historical facts are revealed on stage against a background of epic sets and lavish costumes, the audience will marvel at the dance, music and action used to tell a story of power and lust, and of betrayal and forbidden love. Beyond battles and conquests, forbidden love, burning of books, live burial of scholars, and even the building of the Great Wall, the final climax of the Dance of the Terracotta Warriors will be a theatrical event to be remembered for a long time.

Spectacular! 350 Lavish Costumes, 90 Performers, 24 Historical Scenes

Entertaining! Dance, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Songs

Broadway Calibre Action-Musical with the Pierre Cardin Martial Arts Troupe

Tickets $55 - $70 - $85

Exclusive offer for friends of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society!
Call 604.878.8880 to order your tickets now.
Quote "VAHMS" and enjoy 10% off the ticket price above and waive the $5 Service fee.

Partial proceeds from VAHMS ticket sales go to support the Society and the explorASIAN festival.

Don't miss this World Premiere Action-Musical during explorASIAN in Vancouver!

www.explorasian.org/terracotta.html

The 3rd Annual explorASIAN Gala

Thursday - April 15, 2004 7:00pm

The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
777 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC

Hosts
Margaret Gallagher - CBC Radio
Dr. Jan Walls - Director of Simon Fraser University's David Lam Centre for
International Communication

Featuring an exciting evening of diverse performances!

Vancouver Goh Ballet
Harry Hiro-o Aoki World Music Ensemble
Brave Waves
Vince Mai with Susana Domingues
Vancouver Korean Dance Company
Kathara Dance Theatre Canada
Ismaili Muslim Youth Choir

Special Guest
Senator Vivienne Poy

The explorASIAN Heritage Awards are presented by the Vancouver Asian
Heritage Month Society to recognize and honour individuals and organizations
who have made significant contributions to the preservation, development and
promotion of Canadian Asian arts and culture in our community.

The explorASIAN Heritage Awards Gala is the Society's major fundraising
event with the proceeds supporting the Society's various arts, culture, and
educational programs held at various local communities throughout the year.
The explorASIAN Heritage Awards Gala & Fundraiser is an exciting evening of
diverse dance, music, and theatre performed by Pan-Asian Canadian talent.
It is an advance showcase of what you can expect to experience throughout
the month of May during Asian Heritage Month.

Advance Reserved Seating Tickets: $20 General - $50 Premiere - $80*VIP
(*VIP ticket includes Private Post Show Reception with the performers - limited number of tickets available)
Ticket price includes GST - Ticketmaster fees extra

Tickets available at all TICKETMASTER outlets or Charge by Phone
604.280.4444 - Order Online - http://www.ticketmaster.ca/artist/908291/

York University Music Department

York University Music Department presents a dance lecture demonstration by
Didik Nini Thowok and a gamelan workshop by Setya Sutrisno Hartana

Date: Thursday April 8

Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30pm (lecture demonstration)
2:30pm - 4:00pm (gamelan workshop)

Location: Winters Senior Common Room, 021 Winters College
Tickets: Free entrance, donations accepted, open to the general public

Internationally acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Didik Nini Thowok will be giving a lecture demonstration on Thursday, April 8th at York University. This will be followed by a gamelan workshop led by Yogyanese court musician Sutrisno Setya Hartana.

Contact : Nur Intan Murtadza, 416-535-0184 nurintan@yorku.ca

Didik Nini Thowok

Musim Semi/Seni Kanada – Indonesian dances in celebration of Canadian spring
with special guest artist from Yogyakarta Didik Nini Thowok

Date: Sunday April 11
Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Indonesian Consulate, 129 Jarvis Street (South of Queen)

Tickets:Adults $12, Children/Students $8

Tribal Crackling Wind proudly presents, in partnership with the Indonesian Consulate and Gamelan Toronto, the Canadian premiere presentation of internationally acclaimed Indonesian dance artist Didik Nini Thowok, in a program of classical Indonesian dance and comedy, with live music played by Gamelan Toronto.

Also in the same program will be Peter Chin performing a new solo, Setya Sutrisno Hartana and Wiryawan Padmonojati performing classical Javanese repertoire.
Program for Didik Nini Thowok
Golek Lambangsari
Gambyong Pangkur
Tari Komedi : Pancasari

Contact :Tribal Crackling Wind, 416-597-2455 tribalcracklingwind@sympatico.ca

Gamelan Extravaganza

The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver would like to cordially invite you to attend the Indonesian Cultural Performance, "Gamelan Extravaganza".

The event will be held on Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 7:00pm at the UBC Robson Square, Robson Square Theatre, 800 Robson St, Lower Level, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

The Toronto Tabla Ensemble joins forces with the internationally acclaimed band the Sisters Euclid, featuring guitar wizard Kevin Breit. Join the ensemble to create an intense, seamless storytelling event not to be missed!

April 2 & 3, 8:00 pm
Harbourfront Centre Theatre
$22 / $25

The Great Ontario Book Break

An exciting weekend with something for everyone, including activities and fun for the whole family. Over 30 Ontario publishers and 100 authors will be in attendance for the three-day book fair which features readings, lectures, panel discussions, signings and many opportunities to meet your favourite writers.

Kids can hear children’s authors Paulette Bourgouis, Patrick Watson, Andrea Beck, Dennis Lee and many more.

For a full schedule of events: www.omdc.on.ca and www.ontariobooks.ca

York Quay Centre
April 2, 11:00 am - 6 pm
April 3, 11:00 am - 5 pm
Free

Art Metropole

Book Launch

The World as I Found It
A collaborative book project by Alain Paiement, Yam Lau and Patrick Pallerin.

3 April 2004 2-4 PM

Art Metropole
788 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1N6
tel: 416-703-4400

The artists Alain Paiement and Yam Lau will be in attendance.

The Gardiner Museum Shop

PAST AND PRESENT
New work by Past and Present Sheridan Graduates.

Past - April 2 - 25
Opening: Thursday April 1, 2004 6 to 8 pm

Recent works by past Sheridan graduates including Max Blankstein, Hugh Douglas-Murray, Laura Kukkee, Kasumi Lampitoc, Pattie Laurin, Hilary Masemann, Cathleen Nicholson, Karin Pavey, Mary Philpott, Carol Roberts, Tim Smith, Gord Thompson, Eric Wong. Artists in Attendance.

Present - April 30 - May 16
Opening: Thursday April 29, 2004 6 to 8 pm

2004 Sheridan graduating students include Eve Behar, Robin Boles, Jenny Clark, Carolyn Filter, Justin Ho, Younah Kim, Hannun Tracey Lyn, Carole Mason, Lindsay Montgomery, Carol Morrow, Dawn Petticrew, Laura St. Denis, Dawn Stafrace. Artists in Attendance.

The Gardiner Museum Shop is located at 60 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario (just south of the Ontario College of Art and Design and the Art Gallery of Ontario). The shop will be open Tuesday through Sunday 11 am - 5pm. The Gardiner Museum Shop specializes in one-of-a-kind contemporary Canadian ceramics and other hand made collectables.

Fine Art Students' Union's Auction

The Fine Art Students' Union's bi-annual live auction takes place
on April 15, 2004. The event features work by Joanne Tod, Charles
Pachter, John Massey, Sue Lloyd, Robin Collyer, George Hawken, Susan
Schelle, Ed Pien, Shirley Wiitasalo, Lisa Steele, Kim Tomczak and many
others. The fundraiser is held in conjunction with GRADitude (U of T's
graduating class gift program), in support of the FASU Bursary,
benefiting undergraduate students in Visual Studies and Fine Art
History.

Viewing begins at 6 pm and bidding starts at 8 pm.
Tickets are $25.

More info: http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/auction/

Images Off-Screen

For ten meteoric days, from April 15-24, the organizing team of Images Off-Screen focuses a new media lens on 16 installations by 17 artists at 13 venues in downtown Toronto. Audiences are invited to experience the moving image through media art installations, web-based and interactive projects, sound & video works, performances, artists' talks, receptions and the launch party on Friday, April 16 at the Gladstone Hotel.

Since 1995, the Images Festival has presented media art installations in addition to its on-screen program in an ongoing dialogue between the traditional cinematic approach to exhibition and the many innovative and experimental off-screen formats for digital media. This year many of the installation and new media projects investigate time, duration, stasis, urban landscapes, travel and our lived environments.

"MOTHER EVEREST"

By: Abigail Richardson (Composer) & Marjorie Chan (Librettist)
A new short opera as a part of "Opera To Go"
7 Performances Only! April 1 - 7, 2004
Presented by Tapestry New Opera Works
Fermenting Room, Distillery District, 416-872-1212, $35 - $45

Tapestry New Opera Works

The Distillery Historic District is humming in anticipation of the opening this Thursday April 1st of OPERA TO GO AT THE DISTILLERY. Five short operas by five different writer/composer teams will be performed on four stages in the Stone Distillery Fermenting Room.

A special price of $25 is available to artists and arts workers for the Monday April 5 performance only - call Ticket King at (416) 872-1212 or 1 (800) 461-3333 and tell them you want the "Artist Special". All other tickets only $35 (Saturday & Sunday matinees) and $45 (8:00 pm) April 1 - 7.


Every seat for this opera event in the Distillery District is a good one. For more information, costume sketches, study guides and video interviews with the artists please visit www.tapestrynewopera.com and click on the take-out food container. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tapestry New Opera Works
55 Mill Street, The Cannery, Studio 316, Toronto M5A 3C4
(416) 537-6066 / information@tapestrynewopera.com

Toronto Online Film Festival

The Founders of the Toronto Online Film Festival are excited to announce that the annual high traffic event has been expanded from 3 days to 6 days! Due to the increasing demand for more workshops, industry panels, technology seminars as well as the accommodation of hundreds of films being screened, TOFF shall be officially running from Sept. 6 - 11, 2004!

The Toronto Online Film Festival is a high traffic event showcasing the most exciting cutting-edge independent features, shorts, docs, animation, music videos, commercials, spec ads, music, trailers, experimental videos, and new media projects from around the world. Boasting one of the most intimate mini-markets and cutting edge technology seminars in the world, opportunities abound for moviemakers
looking to make invaluable alliances with the hundreds of industry professionals who attend Toronto in September.

This year's 4th Annual Toronto Online Film Festival (Sept. 6 to 11, 2004) shall be presenting international and North American fare at some of the most exciting venues in the heart and soul of downtown Toronto. From the nostalgic Bloor Cinema to the biggest screen in North America- the 6-storey IMAX Screen Cinesphere at Lake Ontario, to the very popular outdoor screenings in downtown Toronto and the historic
Distillery District, seeing is believing!

Check us out at:
http://www.torontoonlinefilmfestival.com

IMPORTANT: Final Submission Deadline: Friday July 30, 2004

Tibetan Festival

The Tibetan community will showcase Tibetan culture in all its aspects of music, dance, film, exhibits, politics of non-violence, Buddhism and contemporary Tibet. The celebration begins Sunday with a traditional ceremony of incense burning performed by Tashi Lhunpo Monks.

The festival runs concurrently with the visit of the Dalai Lama to Toronto.

For information call 416-973-4000 or visit www.kalachakra2004.com

April 25 - 30
York Quay Centre